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Saturday, April 14, 2012

LIVORNO MIDFIELDER MOROSINI DIES AFTER COLLAPSE IN IN SERIE B MATCH

Four weeks after
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest during his
team's FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham , Livorno on loan midfielder Piermario
Morosini died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during
his team's Serie B match at Pescara.The
25-year-old collapsed in the 31st minute and received treatment on the
pitch - reportedly including a heart massage in a bid to resuscitate him
- before being rushed to hospital. The match was abandoned and the
players left the field in tears.

Morosini who came
through the youth ranks with Atalanta, arrived at Livorno from Udinese
in January and played nine times for the Amaranto.'

Lega
Serie B then confirmed on their website: 'Tragedy on the field. After
suffering a cardiac arrest during the match between Pescara and Livorno,
Piermario Morosini has died.

The Lega Serie A also said in a statement
on their website: 'The football world mourns the tragedy that occurred
this afternoon in Pescara, where during the game between the hosts and
Livorno, the player Piermario Morosini slumped to the ground suffering
from a heart attack.

'Transported to the hospital, the
young midfielder was put into an induced coma, but died at around 1700.
The FIGC has suspended, in memory of Piermario, all games scheduled over
the weekend.'

The ambulance came onto the field in Pescara to take Morosini away, with both sets of players standing by in distress.

No one will forget Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe, who collapsed during
a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia in 2003 and died in
hospital and There have been two similar tragedies
with players suffering heart attacks on the pitch in Spain in recent
years - Sevilla's Antonio Puerta in 2007 and Espanyol's Dani Jarque in
2009 - while Motherwell's Phil O'Donnell died after suffering a cardiac
arrest against Dundee United in 2007.

Bergamo-born midfielder Morosini
started his career in the youth ranks at his hometown club Atalanta
before moving to Udinese in 2005. A loan spell with Bologna followed
before a 2007 switch to Vicenza, where he stayed until returning to
Udine two years later. He had further loan stints with Reggina, Padova,
Vicenza and finally Livorno.